{"id":"CVE-2019-25695","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-25695","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:26:11.166Z","title":"R 3.4.4 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting malicious input into the GUI Preferences language field.","description":"R 3.4.4 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting malicious input into the GUI Preferences language field. Attackers can craft a payload with a 292-byte offset and JMP ESP instruction to execute commands like calc.exe when the payload is pasted into the Language for menus and messages field.","published":"2026-04-12T13:16:32.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-15T02:17:02.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.6,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00191,"percentile":0.08649,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/windows/","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46265","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/r-local-buffer-overflow-windows-xp-sp3","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-25695","source":"0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2457652","source":"0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2019/cve-2019-25695.json","source":"0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25695","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}